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The entire Benue state assembly premises was taken over by security personnel(Police officers) who barred members from reconvening to deliberate on issues of urgent state importance earlier today. PoliticsNGR learnt that Ad hoc committee chairman on publicity Rt.Hon. Paul Biam said no cogent reason had been given by the most senior security personnel as to why the assembly was besieged...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Bengaluru on Wednesday, July 25, arrested a Nigerian national with 155.5 grams of cocaine which was being transported from Mumbai to the city. The accused identified as Ozy Chukwudu, 30, was intercepted by the NCB sleuths when he disembarked from a sleeper bus from Mumbai to Bengaluru. With specific information of cocaine smuggling, the NCB team...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arraigned a businessman, John Abebe, for alleged forgery. Abebe, who is a younger brother to the late former First Lady, Stella Obasanjo, was arraigned on four counts before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja. The EFCC, in the charges, claimed that Abebe “knowingly forged” a November 30, 1995 letter written by...

Nigeria’s Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami, has told the police that there was no evidence that linked Senate President Bukola Saraki and Kwara State Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed to the armed robbery attack that left 31 persons dead in Offa, Kwara State, in April, PREMIUM TIMES can now confirm. Mr Malami advised in a June 22 letter to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim...

The United States of America on Wednesday said it is carefully watching the developments in Nigeria’s politics. The U.S. government said it strongly believes in elections and democratic process globally including in Nigeria. The Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, David Youn‎g, made his government’s position known to journalists in Kaduna. Mr Young also called for neutrality of...

The Senate on Tuesday approved the payment of N45 billion severance package to former employees of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited. The former national carrier of the nation was liquidated by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 as a result of mismanagement. But since the company was liquidated, former workers of the airline have not been paid their full...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris and President Buhari met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa today, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. This is following reports that the police laid siege of on the home of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki earlier in the day. The police had earlier invited the Senate President to report to its office to answer...

In a bid to reduce the spread of fake news in India and stop the mob lynching happening in India at an alarming rate the government have begun a massive clampdown on spread of fake news on social media including whatsapp. This crackdown by the Indian police has already seen a 21 year old student who has already spent...

We always hear weight loss stories but as a fitness trainer I get a lot of emails from people that struggle to gain weight. There’s a difference between just gaining weight and gaining healthy weight and you should always opt for healthy weight. You’re not trying to be ‘fat’ just bigger but still healthy. And you can achieve this by...

Buhari want Senate President to be arrested and detained in the next 72 hours to stop him defecting with other senators on Thursday. The following are his tweets: The Police have obviously corrupted and politicized their investigations into the Offa robbery incident. They have turned it into an instrument for the party in power to suppress perceived opponents. The Police in their...